Los Angeles emcee 2MEX is committing career suicide and loving every
minute of it. His new group (yes...another group), THE RETURNERS, has
delivered an album entitled "Break Up Your Make Up" as a loose tribute
to the campy horror film, Cemetary Man. This collaborative juggernaut
of a project features such indie-rap heavyweights as P.O.S.,
Busdriver, Grayskul, Awol One and many more.

In the Cemetary Man movie, "the returners" come back to life as
zombies to find their true love. On this album, The Returners come
back to do more of the same while invoking the spirit of mid-90's
horrorcore. "Break Up Your Make Up" is sort of like...Gravediggaz
meets Hot Child in the City. Street tales of love lost and love lust
over Deeskee's "Temple of Boom" inspired production.

This trunk-thumping twist of a tribute is all a backdrop to the
contrasting styles of veteran emcees 2Mex and Die Del Amor. They are
joined on the mic by punk rocker Staceydee, making her Pharcyde-esque
hiphop debut on songs like First Kill and Powerless. Bay Area producer
Deeskee seamlessly ties the entire concept together, bringing back the
unashamed art of sampling while weaving a fun production style into
the dark and eerie vibe of the lyrics.

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Tue May 12, 2009 7:09 am

Jesse

Joined: 02 Jul 2002
Posts: 6165
Location: privileged homeless

These beats are great - kind of feels like if Calexico made a rap record in places. I like the chick a lot more on First Kill than the video (too much singing in questionable tune, why do girls treat rap like free jazz so much??) 2mex doesn't disappoint. I don't like the other dude very much at all but maybe he'll grow on me? I never really was with a lot of the grimier Shapeshifters' styles and that's what he reminds me of.

I'm gonna pick this up for definite next time I get some paypal dough. It's definitely got enough going for it that it's worth a shot.

Is Alias going to have to relinquish his crown as the king of Gothop, though? This is way more gothic than horrorcore...

Edit: oh that other dude is kind of nice on "Beautiful Mourner," maybe I spoke too soon.

I liked 2Mex's verse. Then the song petered off after that. Then I wept softly to myself.

Different strokes for different folks.

Wed May 13, 2009 11:38 pm

Dr Sagacious

Joined: 01 Mar 2009
Posts: 1842
Location: Redford

Well I listened to the previews, and I'm definitely sold with 2Mex. But I'm not really digging the other dude, and that Stacey chick. The producer did a hell of a job too, he's really good. It just doesn't suit me fancy right now, I suppose. Maybe I'll buy the album when I get my own computer, and listen to it in full.

But one thing's for sure, 2Mex is a beast. Iunno why I didn't listen to his stuff before.

Thu May 14, 2009 12:20 am

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